Ever wonder how expensive Atlanta is compared to other cities? We have an answer for you! This month’s Regional Snapshot looks at how expensive it is to live in different metropolitan areas by exploring data related to cost-of-living.

Here are the key findings, but you can access the full report here:

  • Metro Atlanta’s overall cost-of-living is average, meaning that it is no more or less expensive here than in the average metro area.
  • Metro Atlanta’s overall cost-of-living has risen in the past nine years. In 2006, cost-of-living in metro Atlanta was 4.4 percent less expensive than the average metro. Today it is the same.
  • When considering individual items, Transportation is the most expensive category in metro Atlanta. Transportation in metro Atlanta is five percent more expensive than in the average metro area.
  • Overall, New York is the most expensive metro to live. Out of the 25 largest metro areas, metro Atlanta ranks as the 15th most expensive metro based on cost-of-living.
  • If someone in metro Atlanta with a $50,000 salary were to move to New York, she would need to make around $114,000 to have the equivalent spending power. To move to San Francisco, she would need $88,000; to move to Dallas, she would only need $48,000.